2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs
Chapter 11 - Department Of Veterans' Affairs
Section 25-11-370. Need payment conditions and restrictions.

(A) Payments to a South Carolina National Guard or Reserve component member's family pursuant to Section 25-11-340 may not exceed two thousand dollars, to include any amounts paid pursuant to provisions of Section 25-11-380 during a state fiscal year.

(B) If a grant payment is to be used for the purpose of payments for food, housing, utilities, medical services or medical prescriptions, it may be noted on the application.

(C) No additional applications from a member or a member's family may be accepted within one hundred eighty days from receipt of any prior applications.

(D) All grants must be paid directly to the applicant. Payments must not be made directly to creditors.

(E) The department may waive the requirements in subsections (A) and (C) of this section upon a written request indicating the circumstances justifying the waiver. The department may use discretion in granting or denying these requests. However, in no event may payments authorized pursuant to this section exceed three thousand dollars during any state fiscal year.

HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 308, Section 1.B; 2019 Act No. 26 (H.3438), Section 3, eff July 1, 2019.

Editor's Note

2019 Act No. 26, Section 4, provides as follows:

"SECTION 4. (A) All classified or unclassified personnel employed by these offices on the effective date of this act, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. The Department of Administration shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer in accordance with state laws and regulations.

"(B) Regulations promulgated by the Division of Veterans' Affairs as it formerly existed under the Department of Administration are continued and are considered to be promulgated by the newly created Department of Veterans' Affairs.

"(C) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to Division of Veterans' Affairs within the Department of Administration in the 1976 Code, to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. References to the Division of Veterans' Affairs in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate reference to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. This authority shall not be construed to remove any authority from the Department of Administration for approval of statewide policies, procedures, regulations, rates and fees, or specific actions requiring Department of Administration approval."

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 26, Section 3, in (E), in the first and second sentences, substituted "The department" for "The division".